Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-27


lery, with splendid bar attached, where
you cannot fail to spend a social hour.
Messrs. Wilson & Fry are gentlemen who
always strive to make their customers enjoy
the sport. Their place is on I'd street in the
New Hall House.
The company supply store caught fire from
the stove pipe in the roof on last Thursday
morning, and only for the timely aid of the
corps of nimble clerks, who looked TO be a
well-drilled lire company, eXtInglIished the
flames before any damage was done.
/ see there is to be another bridge across
the Mississippi at St. Louis. 1t would be a
God-send to Missouri if there was a half
dozen. So.
Last Saturday was payday at the Knob.
Everything went all o. X. The Knob was
never known to be more quiet-so much for
having well regulated town board.
The Pilot Knob Furnace Company put the
furnace in blast last Wednesday and made
the first run of pig iron last Thursday even
ing, which was satisfactory TO Superlntend-
ent Watson, and better than he expected.
He pronounces the Pilot Knob ore the best
he ever worked.
Nick won't lend his glass. All right,
Nick, you was single once yourself and liked
10 watch the corners.
Two dudish looking young fellows, appar-
emily from the city, were looking around the
furnace, during the recent cold spell, and
happening onto the reservoir, which has u
neat fence around ii, stopped with amaze
ment, and one was heard to say, "George,
this company must think an ALFRED lot of
its laborers here; see, they have built them
a skating rink"
The following are The principle workers Of
the Pilot Knob furnace: Porter Watson,
Manager, of Cleveland, Ohio; Gust. Harris
on, Chief Engineer, of Cleveland, Ohio, VIM.
Moon, assistant, of Pilot Knob; Frank Me-
Ghee, Day Keeper, of ST. Louis; James
Campbell, Night Keeper, of Cleveland; Phe-
lix Williams and Chas. Scheuter, Top Filters;
Henry WEIGH and Jas. HORNE are in the
casting house. There are good many more
laborers whom it takes to make the work.
ings complete, but those above are the prin-
cipaI workmen.
The new boilers are up and ready for bus
mess. This will give the boys plenty of air.
The new boilers were put in on account of
the furnace company having to take the
large battery for the furnace, leaving the ore
company without sufficient boilers to make
steam to run their large air compressors.
We expect in a couple of weeks to give
short biographical sketch of heads of the
Pilot Knob department of the Ore and Steel
Company.
We noticed our old and esteemed friend
Leu. Quinn, the popular druggist of Poplar
Bluff, in the city of Ironton last Monday.
MARRIED AT the residence of Frank
Schmittner, by Louis Schwaner, J. p,
ALoNzo MAGUIEE to Miss MARY HART, all
of Pilot Knob.
1 don't suppose there is one passenger out
of fifty who lays back in his comfortable seat
or cushion on the Pullman or other coaches
which pass Pilot Knob daily on the st. L., /.
NJ. & S. r. r., who for moment has an idea
that in the very bowels of that cone shaped
mountain there are from four to five hum
dred toiling to get out and into market iron
in its crude state, to be sent to various places
where thousands of other men, women and
children are eager to take hold and help
spread human progress; to be made into
locomotives, telegraph wire, printing press
es, surgical instruments, toys, muskets, can
mons, shot and shell, sewing machines, and
all other things containing this really most
precious of metals.